A UK air traffic control system issue canceled 625 flights and left travelers facing nationwide delays, renewing demands for accountability after repeated NATS breakdowns. A Daily Mail report said 625 arrivals and departures had been canceled by 5 p.m. as disruption hit major British airports. National Air Traffic Services said the problem involved its flight […] The post NATS system issue causes 625 UK flight cancellations appeared first on American Almanac .
A UK air traffic control system issue canceled 625 flights and left travelers facing nationwide delays, renewing demands for accountability after repeated NATS breakdowns. A Daily Mail report said 625 arrivals and departures had been canceled by 5 p.m. as disruption hit major British airports. National Air Traffic Services said the problem involved its flight processing system. NATS later declared the issue resolved, but airlines still faced a large backlog and scrambled to rebuild their schedules. The breakdown reached Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and London City. Airports in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham, Bristol, Stansted and Jersey also faced disruption. Passengers bore the cost in missed flights, long…Open
Typhoon Dolphin slammed into China's eastern seaboard with 93-mph winds, flooding streets in Shanghai and forcing the evacuation of more than 400,000 people, and the storm system is still pushing inland. Dolphin made landfall Sunday evening in Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, carrying maximum sustained winds of 151 kilometers per hour. It weakened […] The post Typhoon Dolphin floods Shanghai streets as China's strongest storm of 2026 batters eastern coast appeared first on American Almanac .
Typhoon Dolphin slammed into China's eastern seaboard with 93-mph winds, flooding streets in Shanghai and forcing the evacuation of more than 400,000 people, and the storm system is still pushing inland. Dolphin made landfall Sunday evening in Taizhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, carrying maximum sustained winds of 151 kilometers per hour. It weakened to a tropical storm after hitting shore, but its massive rain bands kept hammering the region into Monday morning. Shanghai, China's second most populated city, took a direct hit from the storm's outer reach, with streets in the suburban Jiading and Qingpu districts still waterlogged hours after the worst of the wind passed. Unverified live-stream videos shared by residents on…Open
Travelers flying into the city's three major airports of LaGuardia, JFK and Newark faced hours of grueling delays or cancellations of hundreds of flights after the city's Emergency Management Department warned of flash flooding until 9 p.m.
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled […] The post Typhoon Dolphin shuts down Okinawa's main airport, forces hundreds into shelters appeared first on American Almanac .
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled every domestic and international flight in and out of the facility. The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the typhoon just north of Okinawa's main island by Friday afternoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 89 miles per hour, strong enough to ground all air traffic and send residents indoors, NBC News reported . Three men in their 70s sustained minor injuries. Okinawa…Open
Flight attendants at Canada's second-largest airline launched a strike over a pay dispute on Sunday, grounding more than 300 flights and stranding travelers at the height of summer. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 4,400 cabin crew members at WestJet, announced the work stoppage on its Facebook page. WestJet confirmed it canceled more […] The post WestJet flight attendants walk off the job, canceling more than 300 flights across Canada appeared first on American Almanac .
Flight attendants at Canada's second-largest airline launched a strike over a pay dispute on Sunday, grounding more than 300 flights and stranding travelers at the height of summer. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 4,400 cabin crew members at WestJet, announced the work stoppage on its Facebook page. WestJet confirmed it canceled more than 300 flights as of early Sunday and said it could not operate any scheduled service on its Boeing 737 or 787 aircraft, the backbone of its fleet. The airline said travelers would be refunded or moved to other flights. The walkout centers on a straightforward question: whether flight attendants should be paid for work they perform on the ground before and after flights. The union…Open
Complications with the fueling system at Boston Logan Airport Sunday night caused flight cancellations and delays, according to the Massachusetts Port Authority.
When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes scattered across the country. Many will go back to the companies that own them, while Spirit tries to monetize the rest.